Keywords (Extracted from title, table of contents and abstract of thesis)
kipling‚€™s law, misinterpretation, dark powers, british imperialism, bombay and southsea, ‚€œ seven year‚€™ hard, judaeo-christian, Stewart Kipling, a very young person, the school before its time, wanderings, wars and roots

AbstractThe complex of ideas which Kipling called the law provides the key to much of his work. The full and exact determination of this master idea of Kipling has, however, remained an unsolved problem hi therto; this is mainly responsible for the general misinterpretation of Kipling. Kipling‚€™s Law may be understood as a principle of order on both social and individual levels. It is composed of interrelated elements: moral values, the imperial Idea, and the Doctrine of action. It is with this code of life that Kipling heroically opposes the Dark powers. This study of the law attempts to weave the complex web of Kipling‚€™s thought into a unity, showing that he is not a crude propagandist of British Imperialism, but a writer of depth and vision.